"mon" pages

NOT actual man-ual pages - this is my lazy implementation of personal man pages (hence the French pronoun. or a kickass Rasta command, your choice). I've created my own man pages before, and it's not that hard, but this is easier (for me, anyway). I use them in conjunction with the actual man pages so I can get both the official help for a command as well as the plain language idiot-proof version that I've written myself, for myself.

Recommended install

1. Clone the repo.
2. Copy the mon directory to your home directory.
3. Add the following function to your .zshrc\ .bashrc file (or corresponding profile):

# MON PAGES
# ........................................................................
mon() {
  less ~/mon/"$1"
}

4. Source the file (or restart your terminal):

. ~/.zshrc

Usage

Type the following in your terminal from anywhere:

mon file

where file is the name of a file inside the mon directory.

Example:

mon chmod

outputs (via less):

CHMOD reference
================

7       rwx     111
6       rw-     110
5       r-x     101
4       r--     100
3       -wx     011
2       -w-     010
1       --x     001
0       ---     000

ex.
chmod 666 file.name

results in:
-rw-rw-rw  file.name


/home/jeff/mon/chmod (END)

(I really wish the GNU man page had this chart, it's the only thing I actually ever need to look up when running chmod)

When you're done reading, hit q to quit.

"mon" files

The files inside the mon directory are just plain text files, written in markdown format (or not), and named logically so that they're easy to remember without having to ls the directory every time. The ones currently in this repo are the ones I've created so far, and you are encouraged to edit/rename/remove/add/hack them however you see fit. The point is for them to serve as useful references for you, and everyone is different, so do whatever works for you. This is essentially a handy way to quickly reference notes you've written for yourself.

Note that the mon files in this repo will likely change as I update and add to them over time, so feel free to fork away!

Uninstall

Just reverse the directions above - remove the mon directory from your home directory and the mon() function from the zsh/bash file you put it in.

Next steps

I'm working on a way to add tab completion - at the moment you have to type (and therefore know) the exact name of the mon file. Tab completion looks somewhat straightforward but it differs depending on your shell. Figuring it out for zsh at the moment.

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